THE RESULTS ARE IN!!!

After three and a half years of keeping tally, The Great Elder Writing Contest has finally come to a close!

I have written A LOT of missionaries over the course of my college career, the first of which went out July 2007 and the last came home December 2010. Over that period of time, I wrote 13 missionaries for their full two year missions (plus some other sundry Sisters and Elders for shorter amounts of time.)

The scoring system works as follows: Letters = 1 Pictures = 1/2 Packages = 2.

Without further ado, here are the results!!

1st Place: Elder Bellamy

22 Letters + 4 Pictures + 2 Packages = 28

2nd Place: Elder Terry

23 Letters + 5 Pictures = 25.5

3rd Place: Elder Phillips

20 Letters + 9 Pictures = 24.5

The Honorable Mentioneers:

Elder McKenna

17 Letters + 2 Pictures = 18

Elder Allred

15 Letters + 3 Pictures = 16.5

The "We Done Good"-ers:

Elder Cox

14 Letters + 1 Picture = 14.5

Elder Burgoyne

12 Letters + 2 Pictures = 13

Elder Hillyard

12 Letters = 12

The "We Tried Our Best"-ers:

Elder Behunin

7 Letters = 7

Elder Ferrell

4 Letters + 1 Picture = 4.5

Elder Peters

4 Letters + 1 Picture = 4.5

Elder McConkie

4 Letters = 4

The Abysmal Failure(s):

Elder Huffaker

3 Letters = 3

Life Lesson #50: I am really bad at withholding information, a process otherwise known as keeping secrets.

I thought I was one of those quiet mysterious types, but apparently I can't keep my trap shut. If someone tells me something personal in confidence, I will never bring it up again, I will take that secret to my grave. If I tell someone something in confidence, I will probably tell six or seven other people the same thing.

I can't think of anything else to say, here is an engagement photo:

2011 > 2010

They say that however you spend the first day of the new year is a good indicator for how the rest of the year will go. I am going to use that traditional cliche to predict my future.

I will watch a lot of youtube videos, and eat cheap Mexican food that may or may not give me food poisoning. I will frequently fall asleep on Danie and Greg's couch through MST3K's and wake up confused.

I will sleep in until noon and when I wake up, I will take a shower and start scrap booking to a movie. I won't eat anything till about 3pm and will probably be very unproductive.

Life Lesson #49: I don't agree with traditional superstitions. They are rather silly.

Okay, okay. If you wanted real information about my life, I'll stop making jokes for a minute and divulge.

Wedding Update: Bountiful Temple May 25th 10:30 AM

Reception 7-9PM at The Victorian in Layton.

Everything else is still TBD, but we're making progress. That's all Folks!!